MISS
News & Reminders
Great News Regarding
the MISSing Angels Bill!
New Jersey's Senate and Assembly
have passed the MISSing Angels
Bill. The bill went to final vote
today and was unanimously passed
by legislators, at long last.
The MISS Foundation would like
to thank our volunteers, Jennie
Faith and Kathy Evans and all the
families who supported this fight,
for their fortitude and intrepid
spirit.
This is truly an historic event.
For more information on the MISSing
Angels Bill, visit http://www.missingangelsbill.org
or http://www.missfoundation.org.
In their memory,
Joanne Cacciatore-Garard
Founder, MISS Foundation
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Death of a Child: Losing
Adam
A touching NPR story about fatal
diagnosis, death of a child,
parental grief after loss. MISS
is offered as one of the resources
on the story page:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1585776
~~~
Recent story about stillbirth
from:
Daily Reproductive
Health Report
Pregnancy & Childbirth | U.S.
Stillbirth Rate Remains High
NIH
Study To Examine Potential
Causes [Jan 12, 2004]
Although doctors and researchers have made many advances in the field of obstetrics in recent years, the number of stillbirths that occur in the United States "remains stubbornly high," the Los Angeles Times reports. Stillbirth -- defined as fetal demise in the uterus after 20 weeks gestation -- occurs in one in 200 U.S. pregnancies, amounting to approximately 26,000 stillbirths per year. However, the number of actual stillbirths could be higher than researchers estimate because stillbirth reporting varies from state to state. In an effort to better understand and prevent stillbirths, NIH has launched a five-year, $3 million stillbirth study. Researchers at five centers nationwide will gather data from women who experience stillbirths and conduct medical tests on them and their stillborn infants to try to better understand why stillbirth occurs. The researchers also plan to produce guidelines for reporting and investigating stillbirths (Roan, Los Angeles Times , 1/12).
[KotaPress Editor's Note: PLEASE see the article this issue about the MOMS STUDY!!! That is your chance to participate in this research about stillbirth. They need moms with all kinds of outcomes to respond. So if you had a stillbirth OR a healthy, live outcome -- it doesn't matter -- they need your response. The "control group" in the research will be the healthy, live outcomes, in comparison to the stillbirth responses. So we need ALL of you to respond!!! See: www.momstudy.com]
MISS
Foundation Information
The M.I.S.S. Foundation was founded
in 1996 and is an international
non-profit 501(c ) 3 organization
which offers immediate and on-going
support for families experiencing
the death of a child from any
cause. We offer local support groups,
bilingual support, resources, free
funeral planning, peer counseling,
newsletters, camps for grieving
kids, and a wonderful website (www.missfoundation.org).
We also believe strongly in community
education and awareness. We offer
various programs that range from
healthy baby education to bereavement
support to annual conferences and
seminars for medical professionals
helping provide psychosocial intervention
to grieving families . For more
information, please contact the
National MISS Foundation offices
at 623.979.1000.
WA MISS Local Chapter
We meet once a month over
in West Seattle and offer
outreach anytime from our
Vashon location. Please
see www.missfoundation.org/seattle for more information.
